Seekers of Perl Wisdom Writeup Guidelines

First, and foremost, be able to articulate your question. Chances are, that if you can't, monks will not understand your problem and you won't get the answer(s) that you need.

Written "descriptions" of what you're trying to do, and what problems you are running into will rarely suffice, without accompanying code. Don't be bashful! Post what you have - as "ugly" or "wrong" as it might be. No one will persecute you for trying to figure out a problem on your own!

Which brings me to the next point: PLEASE, don't post a question, like, "I want a program that will do XYZ, then mail the output to ABC, and write it to a file. How can I write it?....". Chances are if you post a question like that, you will be downvoted, or altogether ignored.

Read Writing Formatting Tips before actually posting code. As you write your post, you will always have the option to preview your post. Exersise that option =).

Use Super Search to search for possible answers to your question. As this is a large, and active community here, there is a good chance that your question has been answered before.

There is rarely (if ever) a need to post hundreds of lines of code to get an answer to your problem. If you feel the need to do that, step back for a minute, attempt to debug your program yourself (I assume that you are already using -w and use strict;. Post only the code which is pertinent to the specific problem you are having. If you're post is going to be lengthy, be considerate and use <READMORE> tags.

There are alot of online resources here; take the time to read through them.